Sometimes, however, when I decide to explore a new route, or a new junction on
my normal route that goes off into the unknown, I wonder if I am alone in the
following though process: ‘What if this trail ends just up ahead, and I don’t
achieve the distance I planned to? Then I will have to go back, find another
trail to make up the distance, and run a route that isn’t neat!’
Heaven forbid
we should run a route that isn’t a simple out and back, or circular route.
Nothing ruins a run more than running little bits and pieces simply to achieve
the distance you set out for.
That’s probably why I find such comfort in my
well known Saturday morning route!
Are runners OCD, or is it just me?
